Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

An “operating model” — how a company organizes and manages its resources to achieve its strategic ambitions — is the bridge between strategy and execution. Are you focusing opex and capex on these priorities in order to build competitively differentiated capabilities? None of these are easy questions.

Strategy 8

Strategy Company Banking Apparel 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Charismatic CEOs enjoy leading and inspiring people, so they don’t like delegating critical business decisions to smart algorithms. At some of the world’s most successful enterprises — Google, Netflix, Amazon, Alibaba, Facebook — autonomous algorithms, not talented managers, increasingly get the last word.

Outsourcing 8

Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

IT is not something that can be managed from a box on the organizational chart. As one CEO said to us: "I just want to forget about IT and concentrate on my core business.". It may make costs more predictable and shift investments from CapEx to OpEx. IT management Information & technology' They never have!

CIO 8

CIO CAPEX Budgeting CRM 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2014

During a long and illustrious career that is far from over (you can read all about one of his most recent ventures — building the most direct fiber-optic connection between Chicago and New York – in Chapter One of Michael Lewis’s new book ), Barksdale has become a big believer in the value of the folksy aphorism as management tool.

Advice 8

Advice Management CAPEX Wireless 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Companies deliver superior results when executives manage for long-term value creation and resist pressure from analysts and investors to focus excessively on meeting Wall Street’s quarterly earnings expectations. These indicators and hypotheses were: Investment: The ratio of capex to depreciation. We calculate that U.S.

Long-term 8

Long-term EPS Short-term Management 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 25, 2014

The Mating Dance Risk and the Unmarried CEO Knowledge@Wharton Why, exactly, is the CEO of your company embarking on that daring capital expenditure that''s got analysts shaking their heads? It''s also possible that single CEOs are generally less risk averse because they don’t have families to worry about.

CAPEX 8

CAPEX Scientific Management Taylorism Taylor 8